Author: Les Grossman

Bubba Wallace remains at 23XI Racing.The team announced Wednesday that Wallace had signed a contract extension. A continued relationship was highly likely, but Wallace said a few weeks ago that his contract negotiations with the team were affected by what was happening with NASCAR’s charter agreement.23XI Racing, the team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, was one of two teams that did not sign the franchise agreement with NASCAR. The current charter agreement expires at the end of the season and the teams had been negotiating with NASCAR for months. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports opted not to…

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September 15, 2023; Bristol, Tennessee, USA; NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) races ahead of driver Trevor Bayne (19) and driver Justin Allgaier (7) during the race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY SportsThe NASCAR Xfinity Series is excited to compete against Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedwayand the lists of registered participants have been revealed. NASCAR released the 2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race Participant ListXfinity List of participants in the series and Truck Series Entry List Monday afternoon. Below we reveal the full list and notable drivers included.For the Food City 300,…

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NASCAR’s Cup Series debuted as the Strictly Stock division on June 19, 1949, at the three-quarter-mile Charlotte Speedway, not to be confused with the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, which coincidentally opened on June 19, 1960.The small, circular dirt track has been gone for 68 years, but the memory of its passage is still vivid for those who attended the races. Among them is seven-time Cup Series champion Richard Petty, now 87, when he was just 19.Four drivers in the history of NASCAR, which has 76 drivers, hail from Fayetteville. They are James Raymond, “Bunkie” Blackburn, Spook Crawford, John…

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September 16, 2023; Bristol, Tennessee, USA; NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ty Gibbs (54) and Denny Hamlin (11) during the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY SportsThe NASCAR Cup Series is ready to take on the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedwayand the lists of registered participants have been revealed. NASCAR has released its Cup Series entry list, List of Xfinity Series participantsAnd Truck Series Entry List for Bristol on Monday afternoon. Below we reveal the full list and notable drivers included.For the Bass Pro Shops night race, all 34…

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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Denny Hamlin never got a chance to compete for victory at Watkins Glen after being caught in a first-lap crash that eliminated fellow playoff driver Ryan Blaney from the race.Hamlin recovered to later earn a stage point, but he ultimately spun and nosedived his Toyota tagged the wallHe finished 23rd and was relegated to 13th in the NASCAR playoff standings, six points behind Ty Gibbs at the playoff finish line.It’s not ideal for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver, though his familiar bravado hasn’t wavered as NASCAR heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for the final playoff…

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